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Support Groups

St. Joseph Medical Center

Battered Women Support Group
For more information about attending this group or other group locations, please contact the Rose Brooks facilitator at 816-822-1299, or ask to speak to the Bridge Advocate for St. Joseph Medical Center.

Bereavement Support Group (Evening)
Date: 2nd Thursday of each month
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Place: Abell-Lorenz Room, Building D, SJMC campus
Contact person: Chaplain Evelyn Summers, Spiritual Care
Phone: 816-943-2782

Bereavement Support Group (Day)
Date: 2nd Thursday of each month
Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Place: Health Sciences Library, Building D, SJMC campus
Contact person: Chaplain Evelyn Summers, Spiritual Care
Phone: 816-943-2782

Breast Cancer Survivor Support Group
Date: 1st Thursday, every other month
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: CSJ Room, Community Center (Bldg. D)
Contact person: Mary Williams, Donna Freisinger-Loyd
Phone: 816-943-2281

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Date: 2 p.m. on the first Monday of the month
Information: 816-943-4580

Caregivers
Date: 1st Tuesday; 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Information: 816-943-2782

Diabetes
Description: Designed primarily to deal with the issues of Type 2 Diabetes in the new millennium. Everyone with diabetes or who supports someone with diabetes is welcome. Format is usually a speaker for about 1 hour followed by 30 minutes of group interactive time. There is no charge except for the picnic in July and the Holiday Party in December at which time a meal is served.
Date: 3rd Thursday of each month
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., July and December - start at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Community Center for Health Education, SJMC, Entrance D
Information: Catherine Parkhurst, RN, CDE at 943-2489 option 2

Description: Designed for people who do not like to be out in the evening. Every other month the American Diabetes Association provides a speaker as a part of the Metropolitan Patient Education Committee. Alternate months are for discussion and topics of interest to the participants. Everyone is welcome and there is no charge.
Date: 4th Thursday of each month, except Thanksgiving
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Location: Community Center for Health Education, SJMC, Entrance D
Information: Catherine Parkhurst, RN, CDE at 943-2489 option 2

Description: Designed for Adults with Type 1 Diabetes facing the challenges of the new millennium. This group is partnered with The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Kansas City Chapter.
Date: 2nd Monday of each month, no meetings in July and August
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Cardiac Rehab, SJMC
Information: Catherine Parkhurst, RN, CDE at 943-2489 option 2

Grief (Spiritual Care)
Information: 816-943-2782

Infant Loss
Information: 816-943-2597

Lyme Disease
Date: 4th Thursday; 7 p.m.
Information: 913-438-5963

Postpartum Adjustment Support Group
Date: Mondays 7-8:30 p.m.
To register, please call
Information: 913-677-1300

Pulmonary
Date: 9-10 a.m. Tuesdays and 1-2 p.m. Thursdays
*Please call for next meeting dates.
Information: 816-943-2040

Twins Club
Date: 2nd Monday; 7-9 p.m.
Information: 816-943-2111







 
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